Core design optimization for a novel heavy water moderated molten salt reactor
He jishu, 2021 BackgroundHeavy water moderated molten salt reactor (HWMSR) adopts heavy water as moderator and heavy metal elements dissolved in fluoride salt as the fuel, which has high neutron economy. But large temperature difference of fuel salt outlet will lead to
WU Jianhui +6 more
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Nuclear Data Uncertainty Propagation for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor Design (dataset)
, 2023 This repository contains the dataset, post-processing script and models needed to reproduce the results presented in the article "Nuclear Data Uncertainty Propagation for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor Design", published in the special issue of Nuclear ...
Alex Aimetta, Nicolo Abrate
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Numerical Simulations on the Protection of the Molten Salt Thermal Tube under Cloud Occlusion
Zhongguo dianli, 2020 Based on the single tube model of the receiver, the temperature drop characteristics of the endothermic tube such as the heat flux, molten salt flow rate and surface convection heat transfer coefficient were studied through numerical simulations on the ...
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, 2012 The potential for thorium as an alternative or supplement to uranium in fission power generation has long been recognised, and several reactors, of various types, have already operated using thorium-based fuels.
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Viscosity of fluoride melts promising for molten salt nuclear reactors [PDF]
, 2023 The viscosity of molten salt, as an important hydrodynamic property, should be taken into account when creating and operating molten salt nuclear reactors (MSRs). An eutectic FLiNaK is considered to be one of the most suitable for use in MSR designed for
Kataev, A. A. +5 more
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Deep neural network based quantum simulations and quasichemical theory for accurate modeling of molten salt thermodynamics [PDF]
, 2022 With dual goals of efficient and accurate modeling of solvation thermodynamics in molten salt liquids, we employ ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations, deep neural network interatomic potentials (NNIP), and quasichemical theory (QCT) to ...
Thomas, Beck, Yu, Shi, Stephen, Lam
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Experimental research on latent heat characteristics of binary mixed molten salt [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 At present, thermal storage is considered as one of the key technologies to alleviate the problem of instability and intermittence for renewable energy.
Wang Wei +3 more
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Transfer characteristics of a lithium chloride–potassium chloride molten salt
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2017 Pyroprocessing is an alternative method of reprocessing spent fuel, usually involving the dissolving spent fuel in a molten salt media. The National Nuclear Laboratory designed, built, and commissioned a molten salt dynamics rig to investigate the ...
Eve Mullen +4 more
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Review on Solidification of Chlorine-Containing Radioactive Molten Salt Waste From Dry Reprocessing
He huaxue yu fangshe huaxue, 2022 The molten salt waste produced by disposal of spent fuel via molten salt electrolysis is classified as high-level waste. Because of high water solubility, complex elemental composition, high radioactivity, strong corrosiveness and high volatility, the ...
GAO Bei-bei +3 more
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Silicon recovery from silicon-iron alloys by electrorefining in molten fluorides [PDF]
, 2013 Electrorefining of a silicon-iron material (Si-4.7at%Fe) in molten NaF-KF at 850°C has been investigated in view of recovering pure Si, using electrochemical techniques, SEM-EDS and ICP-AES analyses.
Cassayre, Laurent +5 more
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